Item Summary

"The drawing shows Amy, looking somewhat mature, sitting on a terrace with a view over water to what might be a lighthouse which she appears to be sketching. Teddy, mustacheless and not too close by, is lying on his stomach in the grass sticking flowers in the ribbons of Amy's hat. At the top is a pencilled note from the publishers: 'If Miss A. will return this Friday A.M. Mr. Niles will be obliged.' Under this, in ink, in Miss Alcott's handwriting is written 'Oh, please change em!' and, on the sides of the engraving: 'Amy too old & no curls. Amy is 17, slender & picturesque. Teddy much too young and no mustache. He is 21 in the story & very handsome.' At the bottom Alcott has written 'Lazy Laurence.'" --Early American book illustrators and wood engravers, 1670-1870.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Proof of frontispiece to Little women, part 2]
Call Number
E Row 2/GC053/Box 03/Normal GA 2024.04572
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcwh247704d
Publisher
[Boston?], [1869]
Language
English
Date Created
1869
Format
Visual material
Extent
1 print : wood engraving ; 14 x 9 cm, on sheet 20 x 16 cm
References
Sinclair Hamilton Collection no. 1515
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Wood engraving
Proof engraving of frontispiece to Little women; Part second (Roberts Brothers, 1869), after a drawing by Hammatt Billings. Engraving signed: "Peirce." This version was never published.
Princeton copy 1 Mounted in mat.

Discovery Information

Subject
Alcott, Louisa May 1832-1888—Little women

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1f621146-aa63-4e91-9189-ff4fdfeda4bc/manifest